402 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEH (BAKER). [ Crinum. 
Also widely spread in Tropical Asia. 
Var. reductum, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1883, xx. 618. Bulb 2 in. diam., copiously 
stoloniferons, Leaves 1-1} ft. long, 18-21 lin. broad. Peduncle under 1 ft, long. 
Perianth-tube curved, 5-6 in. long ; segments 3-34 in, long. 
Mozamp, Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk! 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1881. No specimen in the Kew 
Herbarium. Probably it should stand as a distinct species. 
31. ©. Kirkii, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6512. Bulb globose, 6-8 in. 
diam.; neck } ft. long. Leaves a dozen or more to a bulb, reflex- 
ing from near the base, thin, ensiform, bright green, 34-4 ft. long, 
441 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to a long point, denticulate 
on the edge. Peduncles stout, compressed, 1-14 ft. long. Flowers 
12-15 in an umbel; pedicels none or very short ; spathe-valves ovate, 
reddish-brown, 3-4 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, greenish, 4 in. 
long; segments oblong, acute, ascending, as long as the tube, 1-1} in. 
broad, white with a broad keel of bright red. Filaments white, 1} in. 
shorter than the segments; anthers linear, 4 in. long. Style over- 
topping the anthers.—Handb. Amaryllid. 91. 
Wile Land, British East Africa: near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 12288! 
Mozamb, Dist. Zanzibar: cultivatedspecimen, Kirk / Kilimanjaro expedition, 
cultivated specimen, Smith ! 
Described from a plant sent from Zanzibar to Kew by Sir John Kirk in 1879. 
32. C. abyssinicum, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 3L. 
Bulb ovoid, 3 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves about 6 to a bulb, sub- 
erect, linear, 1-14 ft. long, 4—1 in. broad, narrowed gradually to the 
point, closely veined, denticulate on the edges. Peduncle moderately 
stout, 1—2 ft. long. Flowers 4-6 in an umbel; pedicels none or very 
short; spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate, green, 2 in. long. Perianth-tube 
slender, curved, 14—2 in. long; segments oblong, acute, 2—3 1n. long, 
4-3 in. broad, white without any keel of red. Filaments under 1 im. 
long; anthers linear, }-} in. long.—Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 89 ; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 170. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; between Enjedcap and Shoata, Schimper, 
1374! and without precise locality, Schimper, 1198! Somaliland, Revoil. 
33. C. rautanenianum, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 48. 
Bulb moderately large, globose. Leaves linear, erect, moderately firm, 
1-1} ft. long, less than 1 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to a 
long point, denticulate on the edge. Peduncle 1 ft. or more long, 
moderately stout. Flowers 5 in an umbel; pedicels short ; spathe- 
valves lanceolate, 3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 8—4 in. long ; 
segments oblong, acute, ascending, pure white, as long as the tube, 1 in. 
broad at the middle. Filaments 24 in. long; anthers linear. 
Lower Guinea. Amboland: Olukonda, Schinz, 822! 
34. C. Schimperi, Vatke ex Schumann in Gartenfl. 1889, GE 
t. 1309. Bulb moderately large, globose, with an elongated neck. 
Leaves 6-7, ensiform, moderately firm, 3 ft. long, 2 in. broad low down, 
